Research Article
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Reproductive Tract Infections in Gongolia Village, Rupandehi District, Nepal
Table 5
Marital and reproductive status as risk factors for RTI (
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| | | RTI (yes) | RTI (no) | χ2 | p value |
| | Age at marriage | | | | | | <19 | 98 (43.3) | 130 (57.0) | 7.655 | | | ≥19 | 5 (16.7) | 25 (83.3) | | | | Age at first pregnancy | | | | | | <20 | 89 (46.4) | 103 (53.6) | 8.142 | | | ≥20 | 13 (24.5) | 40 (75.5) | | | | Parity | | | | | | None | 1 (6.7) | 14 (93.3) | 7.398 | | | 1-2 | 52 (41.3) | 74 (58.7) | | | | ≥3 | 50 (42.7) | 67 (57.3) | | | | Place of delivery | | | | | | Home | 67 (48.2) | 72 (51.8) | 4.527 | | | Health institution | 35 (33.7) | 69 (66.3) | | | | Delivery assistant | | | | | | Non-health personnel | 65 (48.1) | 70 (51.9) | 4.814 | | | Health personnel | 37 (34.3) | 71 (65.7) | | | | Conduct abortion | | | | | | Yes | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 0.851 | | | No | 101 (39.6) | 154 (60.4) | | | | Use of family planning device | | | | | | Yes | 76 (48.1) | 82 (51.9) | 11.195 | | | No | 27 (27.6) | 73 (73.0) | | | | Type of family planning device | | | | | | Temporary family planning | 51 (50.3) | 50 (49.5) | 0.643 | 0.42 | | Permanent family planning | 25 (43.9) | 32 (56.1) | | |
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Figure in parenthesis indicates percentage, statistically significant at , statistically highly significant at , +fisher exact test, temporary (condoms, depo, IUD, pills).
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